Dustin PendellAssociate Professor & Chair of the Graduate ProgramColorado State University

What motivated you to pursue Agricultural/Applied Economics as a profession?
I was motivated to pursue a degree in Agricultural Economics because of my Introductory Agricultural Economics course at Illinois State University. The basic economic concepts that we learned in that course were playing out around us in the real world every day. I ultimately continued pursuing this degree in graduate school because I wanted to teach those concepts and tools to my students and try to have an impact in their lives. Read more »